Новости за 27.10.2021

California officials today announced plans to vaccinate 3.5 million kids ages 5-11 against Covid as soon as next week. The state’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly said at a news conference that the state expects to have 1.2 million doses on hand as it begins to inoculate pre-teens. That rollout will […]

Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan is returning to the FX fold with a new comedy. FX has given a pilot order to Belated,  written, directed and executive produced by Tolan. The half-hour comedy follows an unexpected intergenerational friendship between Owen, a recently out man in his 40s, and Clay, a 17-year-old trans teen, as Owen […]

Shannon Ryan, President of Content Marketing for Hulu & General Entertainment, is reorganizing the Marketing, Creative and Communications teams under her purview. Ryan, who oversees one of three marketing agencies established last November by Peter Rice, chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content, has centralized operations under four executives who are getting their roles expanded and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Facinelli (13 Minutes, Nurse Jackie) has signed on to star in On Fire, a survival drama from director Nick Lyon, Lone Star Storytellers and Media Group LLC. The film centers on a family man, his pregnant wife and son who live in a trailer home in the woods of Northern California and are suddenly confronted […]

EXCLUSIVE: Laura Patalano (Gentefied) and Julia Vera (Elena of Avalor) are set as series regulars opposite Chris Estrada in Hulu comedy series This Fool, from ABC Signature. Written by rising Latino comedian Estrada and Corporate creators Jake Weisman, Matt Ingebretson and Pat Bishop, the series stars Estrada as Julio Lopez, a self-described “punk ass bitch” […]

Kyle Pleva has been named vice president of corporate communications for the U.S. at Vice Media Group. Pleva succeeds Van Scott, who departed last month to take to top communications spot at ABC News after a brief tenure at Vice Media. Pleva will oversee the communications strategy across Vice Media’s portfolio, which includes Vice News, […]

The crew member responsible for overall safety on the set of Rust has admitted he didn’t properly check the gun that Alec Baldwin fired on October 21 and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “During an interview with David Halls, when Affiant asked David about the safety protocol on set in regards to firearms, he advised, ‘I […]

EXCLUSIVE: Magilla Entertainment, the company behind TLC’s Long Island Medium and Discovery’s Moonshiners, is teaming up with Prisoner of Love producer Two Fifteen West Entertainment. Magilla has struck a multi-year overall deal with Two Fifteen West, which is run by Chris Deaux, whose credits include History Channel’s The Strongest Man in History, Lifetime’s Atlanta Plastic and The Rap Game. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Juno Films has claimed North America rights to The Pact, a film from Oscar and Palme d’Or-winning director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror, House of Spirits), which is based on the true story of Out of Africa author Karen Blixen, planning to release it in U.S. and Canadian theaters in early 2022, followed by […]

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham elaborated on her call for the entertainment industry to adopt new safety protocols following the shooting during a rehearsal on the Alec Baldwin set of Rust, warning that that state would take action if sufficient measures are not adopted. Lujan Grisham’s office issued a statement following a press conference […]

EXCLUSIVE: Laurieann Gibson, choreographer to stars such as Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion and Britney Spears, has teamed up with Sky-backed producer Catalina Content to develop a new talent format. Gibson, who was also a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, is working with Jeff Collins, who previously ran Dance Moms producer Collins […]

Scott Evans, who hosts USA Network’s live shoppable competition series America’s Big Deal, is sticking with NBCUniversal. The host and journalist has signed an overall talent and development deal that will see him expand his on-screen and off-screen work with the company across its linear and streaming services. Evans, who was also a host on […]

Media Mogul Elisabeth Murdoch is backing a startup VFX company, BeloFX, which has been founded in Canada and the UK by a group of experienced executives. The company’s founders are former senior executives at VFX powerhouse DNEG: Matt Holben and Alex Hope, two of DNEG’s founders, Ellen Walder, former COO at DNEG, and Graham Jack, […]

Genius Brands International has agreed to buy Canadian animation production house Wow! Unlimited Media for approximately U.S. $53 million in cash and stock. Beverly Hill-based Genius and Vancouver-based Wow are publicly traded on, respectively, the Nasdaq and Toronto exchanges and shares of both were trending higher Wednesday morning. Genius Brands CEO Andy Heyward said the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Inside Out, the largest promoter and distributor of 2S (2 spirit) LGBTQ+ content in Canada, revealed thirteen recipients for its annual RE:Focus Fund. The Fund was initially launched in 2018 and started as a travel grant program recognizing that trans, non-binary and women filmmakers were underrepresented in international festival attendance. The of the RE: […]

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Jennifer Esposito will make her directorial debut with the independent feature film Fresh Kills.  In a groundbreaking departure from traditional film financing, the Fresh Kills production will be financed by an offering on the Upstream Exchange, which today announced a $3.5 million Initial Public Offering “IPO” of securities by Fresh Kills, Inc.  The […]

EXCLUSIVE: Rising British-Nigerian actor Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (His House, Gangs of London) is set to lead the cast of Uncle, a revenge thriller being directed by Joe Marcantonio (Kindred). After the brutal murder of their family, barely teenage Millie and her uncle John (Dìrísù) embark on a brutal mission of revenge and retribution. But as they […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning VFX firm Framestore has opened the doors to its awaited purpose-built studio in Mumbai, India. The 30,000 square-foot facility, which was initially due to open in 2020 but was delayed by the pandemic, currently houses 120 Indian VFX specialists working across titles such as His Dark Materials (HBO/BBC), The Little Mermaid (Disney) and […]

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based consulting and distribution agency Circle Collective, in partnership with Mubi, is set to release feature Project Space 13, a pandemic-inspired satirical comedy whose team includes DoP Sean Price Williams (Good Time). The film is the fourth feature by Michael M. Bilandic reuniting cast members from his previous comedies Jobe’z World, Hellaware and […]

Kelsey Grammer, Phyllis Logan Headline Thriller ‘No Way Up’ Kelsey Grammer (X-Men: The Last Stand) and Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) have been set to lead the survival thriller No Way Up. Directed by Claudio Fäh (Wilder), the pic shows passengers fighting for air supply after their plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. BAFTA-winner Annalise Davis […]

Banijay UK is launching a scripted label led by Intergalactic and Good Karma Hospital producer Iona Vrolyk. Vrolyk, who has been a development exec for Banijay-owned Peaky Blinders producer Tiger Aspect since 2013, will launch Double Dutch with immediate effect. The label is targeting popular, character-led returning series and will link up with key collaborators […]

The 46th annual Saturn Awards, which celebrate the best in genre entertainment, were handed out on Tuesday night in LA with the Star Wars franchise garnering seven prizes across such properties as Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, Disney XD animated series The Clone Wars and Disney Plus’ The Mandalorian. (Scroll down for full […]

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Carr’s Sky Kids clip show in which the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK judge voices a talking dog has been picked up for international distribution by global kids and family content distributor Jetpack Distribution. Jetpack has taken all non-UK rights to Silly Animals, a 20 x 6-minute spoof animal clip show that sees the UK […]

According to a German newspaper and Google Translate, Bill Murray may be taking his superpowers to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with the reputable German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, the often-unpredictable actor let slip the words, “You know, recently I made a Marvel movie.” The context was, apparently, a question about working with directors […]

EXCLUSIVE: Just hours before law enforcement officials are scheduled to hold a press conference in Santa Fe tomorrow on the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust, the producers of the low budget western film have now brought in a high-profile law firm to interview crew and cast about […]